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1951 Vanderbilt

6–⁠5 (3–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bill Edwards.

Schedule and results

Vanderbilt in 1951, game by game: won vs. Middle Tennessee 22–7; lost at Auburn 14–24; won vs. Alabama 22–20; won vs. Ole Miss 34–20; lost at Florida 13–33; lost vs. No. 3 Georgia Tech 7–8; won vs. Chattanooga 19–14; won at LSU 20–13; lost vs. Tulane 10–14; won vs. Memphis 13–7; lost at No. 1 Tennessee 27–35+15−20Won 22–7 vs. Middle Tennessee+15Middle TennesseeLost 14–24 at Auburn-10AuburnWon 22–20 vs. Alabama+2AlabamaWon 34–20 vs. Ole Miss+14Ole MissLost 13–33 at Florida-20FloridaLost 7–8 vs. No. 3 Georgia Tech-1No. 3 Georgia TechWon 19–14 vs. Chattanooga+5ChattanoogaWon 20–13 at LSU+7LSULost 10–14 vs. Tulane-4TulaneWon 13–7 vs. Memphis+6MemphisLost 27–35 at No. 1 Tennessee-8No. 1 Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22vsMiddle TennesseeW 22–⁠794%
Sep 29atAuburnL 14–⁠2465%
Oct 6vsAlabamaW 22–⁠2041%
Oct 13vsOle MissW 34–⁠2040%
Oct 20atFloridaL 13–⁠3343%
Oct 27vs3Georgia TechL 7–⁠837%
Nov 3vsChattanoogaW 19–⁠1475%
Nov 10atLSUW 20–⁠1334%
Nov 17vsTulaneL 10–⁠1465%
Nov 24vsMemphisW 13–⁠794%
Dec 1at1TennesseeL 27–⁠3512%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 35–⁠27; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 53rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1951.

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 7th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
201–⁠195
Coach
Bill Edwards
Elo
1502 −1 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
7.9 No. 36 of 116 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Bob Werckle
Offense
T formation

Drafted in 1952

The 1952 draft
Rd 1Bill Wade QBLos Angeles Rams

All-SEC

3 first team

First team

  • Ben RoderickEAP-2; UP-1
  • Bob WerckleOTAP-1; UP-2
  • Bill WadeQBAP-1; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1951 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1951 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia Tech7–⁠011–⁠0–⁠15
Tennessee5–⁠010–⁠11
LSU4–⁠2–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
Ole Miss4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Kentucky3–⁠38–⁠415
Auburn3–⁠45–⁠5
Vanderbilt3–⁠56–⁠5
Alabama3–⁠55–⁠6
Georgia2–⁠45–⁠5
Florida2–⁠45–⁠5
Mississippi State2–⁠54–⁠5
Tulane1–⁠54–⁠6

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.